ergotism

Ergotism: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Ergotism is poisoning by ergot alkaloids such as ergotamine or ergometrine, which are found in ergot fungi and are used as drugs nowadays. The symptomatology focuses on massive circulatory disturbances with death of arms or legs, which can lead to death. What is ergotism? Ergotism actually belongs to the category of “medical history“: as poisoning … Ergotism: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Claviceps Purpurea: Infection, Transmission & Diseases

The purple-brown ergot fungus (Claviceps purpurea) is a tubular fungus that grows parasitically on host plants such as rye, wheat, oats, and barley. It is also often found on wild grasses such as couch grass, lolch grass, and field foxtail grass. There, it can survive on the field margin after grain harvest and resprout with … Claviceps Purpurea: Infection, Transmission & Diseases